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ALPHARETTA, Ga. >> The ongoing tensions between the families of the late megastar Whitney Houston and her ex-husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown, erupted Saturday during a memorial service for their daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

If you have a spare $12 million lying around, you might want to take a look at a five-acre piece of entertainment history up for sale in Toluca Lake — Bob Hope’s old place. It’s a steal when you consider it came on the market a few years back for $27 million.

LOS ANGELES >> A judge Thursday tentatively voided the sale of a former convent in Los Feliz to a restaurant owner, but he did not rule on whether the Archdiocese of Los Angeles may sell the property for $14.

A restaurateur who purchased a former convent in Los Feliz that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles prefers to sell to Katy Perry took advantage of the aging nuns who resided at the property, attorneys for the archdiocese allege in new court papers.

ATLANTA >> R&B singer Bobby Brown said Monday that his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was “an angel” and that the family must find a way to honor her memory. Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of singer Whitney Houston, died Sunday in hospice care, six months after she was found face-down in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta townhome.

DULUTH, Ga. >> The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own. Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina was overwhelmed by the achievements and demons of others before she could begin to figure out who she was.

MANILA, Philippines — Chris Brown finally left the Philippines late Friday, but not without complications. The 26-year-old R&B artist performed at a packed concert in Manila on Tuesday, then wasn’t able to leave because a fraud complaint was filed against him for a canceled concert last New Year’s Eve.

Her playful smile, come-hither eyes and blond curls are unmistakable. More than 50 years after her death Marilyn Monroe is still admired and adored. “Marilyn was probably the first of her kind in a lot of ways in that she didn’t care about societal norms,” said Pierre Vudrag, owner of

STAMFORD, Conn. — World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has severed ties with Hulk Hogan amid a report that one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling history used racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex tape.

STAMFORD, Conn. >> World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has severed ties with Hulk Hogan amid a report that one of the biggest stars in professional wrestling history used racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex tape.

MANILA, Philippines >> Grammy award-winning singer Chris Brown says he’s confused about why he’s stuck in Manila, where his departure has been delayed by a fraud complaint over a canceled concert last New Year’s Eve.

A judge on Wednesday dismissed two felony conspiracy convictions against Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-boyfriend, ruling it would be unfair to prolong the six-year-old case involving prescription drugs provided to Smith.

The state Supreme Court declined Wednesday to hear a legal challenge by Bill Cosby’s lawyers to a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the comedian at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, when she was 15.

LOS ANGELES — The Game beat up another rapper in 2012 and recorded it on video to promote his new album “Jesus Piece,” an attorney for the alleged victim said Monday, but a defense attorney told a judge the singer suing his client was the real aggressor.

NEW YORK >> Theodore Bikel, the Tony- and Oscar-nominated actor and singer whose passions included folk music and political activism, died Tuesday morning of natural causes at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, said his agent Robert Malcolm.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. >> After years of tabloid gossip, country music’s top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage. The news was confirmed in a statement by the couple to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives Monday.

“Boulevard” is a touching monument to Robin Williams. In his last major movie role, the late star plays 60-year-old, long-married bank officer Nolan Mack who, after suppressing his homosexual orientation for most of his life, becomes emotionally obsessed with a young street hustler.

Brad Pitt and Bill Maher say Costco contributes to animal cruelty by selling eggs from caged hens. Pitt sent a letter to the chief executive of the big-box chain Thursday, asking the company to stop selling eggs produced this way.

Up to five men, including two in masks and one armed with a pistol, stormed into singer Chris Brown’s Tarzana home early Wednesday, put a female relative in a closet, trashed the residence and stole a variety of items, police said.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. >> A Ventura County water district voted Wednesday night to accept Tom Selleck’s offer of more than $21,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the “Magnum, P.I.” star of taking water he wasn’t entitled to for his 60-acre ranch.

LOS ANGELES >> Caitlyn Jenner accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs on Wednesday night while urging acceptance for others who are transgender. She received a standing ovation from some of the sporting world’s biggest stars after her 10-minute speech during the annual awards honoring the year’s top athletes and moments.

Mexican ballad singer Joan Sebastian died at 64 years old after several years battling cancer. A representative from Universal Music Latin Entertainment-Fonovisa confirmed Sebastian’s death Monday at his ranch in Cruz de la Sierra, Guerrero, Mexico, but did not specify the cause.

The Grammy Award-winning Mexican ballad singer Joan Sebastian has died after coming down with cancer several years ago. Sebastian, who reportedly died at his ranch in Cruz de la Sierra, Guerrero, Mexico, was 64.

HARTFORD, Conn. >> 50 Cent filed for federal bankruptcy protection Monday, days after a jury ordered him to pay $5 million in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit. The rapper-actor, whose real name is Curtis Jackson III, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.

SAN DIEGO >> “Drunk History” has quite the history itself now, as the web series-turned-Comedy Central hit ramps up for its third season this year. From multi-talented comedian Jack Black to Will Ferrell and Jen Kirkman, who co-creator Derek Waters proclaimed “will always be the queen” of the comedy show, “Drunk History” has hilariously, yet accurately, retold some of the world’s most life-changing historical moments.

SAN DIEGO >> Rob Lowe was an ’80s teen heartthrob and now in 2015, at 51, Lowe has managed to do it again. Lowe is the voice behind the sex-crazed and handsome detective Dazzle Novak in the animated comedy series “Moonbeam City.

LOS ANGELES >> Tom Selleck reached a tentative settlement Thursday in a lawsuit that claims he stole truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it to his ranch in drought-stricken Westlake Village.

PHILADELPHIA >> Bill Cosby’s first accuser has asked a judge to release the comedian’s full deposition in her sex-assault lawsuit, saying Cosby, his lawyers and agents broke the confidentiality agreement that sealed the 2006 court settlement.

SAN DIEGO >> Bill Murray is no longer a Comic-Con virgin. The famed comedian, known for his legendary roles in “Groundhog Day,” “Caddyshack” and several Wes Anderson cult classics, made his first appearance at the geektastic convention Thursday morning, shocking fans — in real life and on social media — when he hit the stage and later walked through the crowd in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Center.

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck confirmed Wednesday the department has an “ongoing” investigation into Bill Cosby, but the probe is unrelated to a recently released deposition in which the comedian admitted obtaining drugs he intended to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex.

Donald Trump’s incendiary remarks about Latin American immigrants caused the Los Angeles Unified School District to cancel a fundraiser planned at his Rancho Palos Verdes golf course, but the billionaire’s company has no plans to return the $7,500 deposit.

A water district has sued Tom Selleck, claiming the veteran actor and star of the crime shows “Magnum, P.I.” and “Blue Bloods” stole truckloads of water from a public hydrant and took it to his ranch in drought-stricken Westlake Village.

PHILADELPHIA >> Bill Cosby’s admission that he obtained quaaludes to give young women before sex could bolster criminal and civil claims being pursued by his accusers, their lawyers said after The Associated Press reported on newly released court documents.

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — FBI agents and Indiana State Police raided the home of Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle on Tuesday, removing electronics from the property and searching the house with a police dog, two months after the then-executive director of Fogle’s foundation was arrested on child pornography charges.

William Shatner has never been one to shy away from new technology. The 84-year-old actor and sci-fi icon is a prolific presence on Twitter, has been linked to technological advancements that were inspired by the “Star Trek” phenomenon including the cell phone and he even has an app,

PHILADELPHIA >> Bill Cosby testified in 2005 that he got Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and “other people,” according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES >> Los Angeles County prosecutors declined Thursday to file a felony case against Sean “Diddy” Combs over a run-in last month with a strength and conditioning coach at UCLA, where the rapper/actor’s son is a member of the football team.

He is being called this generation’s Bob Hope, a compliment actor Gary Sinise reluctantly accepts if it will help raise more donations for his nonprofit foundation, which among its other missions builds custom “smart homes” to meet the needs of seriously wounded service members as part of its

LOS ANGELES — After 10 years of marriage, Oscar-winner Ben Affleck and actress Jennifer Garner announced today they are splitting up. The couple have three children — Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3.

BURBANK — The rapper known as Nipsey Hussle was booked on suspicion of drug possession Thursday after police in Burbank pulled him over and found an allegedly unauthorized bottle of codeine in the vehicle.

NEW YORK >> Dick Van Patten, the genial, round-faced comic actor who premiered on Broadway as a child, starred on television in its infancy and then, in middle age, found lasting fame as the patriarch on TV’s “Eight is Enough,” has died.